Thread: Error Cannot Convert Parameter 1

rply to lightatdown: it crashes before it even gets to there at the call of geline.

I haven't studied this whole thread (or the one before it) completely, but just looking at the code you just posted, here is what you must do to get it working:
[list=1][*]Change char *programs[30]; to char *programs[31]; or change all of your loops to stop at < 30 instead of <= 30. This is your crash.[*]Remove delete [] *programs; That will cause a crash also. The programs array was not allocated with new.[*]When you loop through programs and delete the char* strings, you must use delete [] programs[lp]; That is because all 30 (or 31) entries in the programs array are char arrays allocated with new [], so they must be deleted with delete [].[*]Now that your program doesn't crash, it doesn't do what you want because by using get you never get past the first word. You should probably do as others suggested with getline, but specifically for the code you last posted you can add the following:

Code:

char temp[2];
data.get(temp,2);

after you get the word into programs. I don't know why you need to do it that way, and I'm not sure that is the right way to fix your problem, but it worked for me.[/list=1]